oh stop, comp picks are great. its another layer and element to the GM Job and you can look at teams like the Chiefs as a team playing the compensatory game this year for a 3-4 picks next year. the “Winners” in FA are actually those who tend to not heavily participate in it. retain your own in the important positions, not everywhere just for the heck of it.

now the Texans look pretty darn good, 3 extra picks to go with a talented roster, an easier schedule, and a top pick. tell me again why this is a bad thing? because it helps teams who don’t overpay for other team’s starters?

I absolutely hate the compensatory pick system. Primarily b/c the Saints have never got a compensatory pick despite having some incredible interior o line talent get poached over the years.
This is what GMs are for! smh

It isn’t a one for one pick…. It is a net gains versus net losses in FA. The thing that surprised me was that Baltimore has been awarded 41 picks since 1994 (which really means since 1997, since that would have been the first year they could have gotten a compensatory pick, as it doesn’t seem to count the original Browns and Ravens together like it does Titans/Oilers). The next closest team has 33 since 1994… That is a surprising number of picks over that span!

uwsptke says:Mar 24, 2014 8:05 PM

Dumervil doesn’t factor into the equations because he was cut by Denver. You have to have completed your contract.

Good news. I hope Belichick doesn’t waste it on a gunner from Rutgers!

radrntn says:Mar 24, 2014 8:26 PM

to me this is the biggest crock of crap in the nfl….just get rid of this entirley. To much grey area in this whole thing. If a team can’t sign their own player shame on them. They should not be compensated for their own inabilty and misfortunes to do that.

This gives the cowboys a total of 6 picks in the 7th round where fullbacks and project QBs can be found. Thanks NFL.

hsteacher says:Mar 24, 2014 9:37 PM

I like the compensatory pick idea. What I do not like is the secrecy about who gets a pick and in what round. They need to have a system that everyone knows up front so we can all see from the previous offseason who gets what.

forthelove says:Mar 24, 2014 9:40 PM

After being reminded of compensatory picks, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Raiders factored that into letting Veldheer and Houston walk. By paying them they may have been sacrificing a 3rd or 4th compensatory pick for each next year.

None of this even matters. The Saints ended up with only five total draft picks last year and completely cleaned up, with Kenny Vaccaro, John Jenkins, Terron Armstead, and Kenny Stills. Rufus Johnson wasn’t the best, but he was the last pick they took.

The good teams with good managers and coaches do awesome in the draft. The bad teams with bad managers and bad coaches could have 100 draft picks and still get their arses handed to them week in week out.

Ughhhh … picks in the third and fourth round in this draft are gold. These teams are going to truly benefit from this.

Wish the dang Skins could once get some comp picks but we don’t have any FA worth signing and won’t for a long time.

tangysizzl says:Mar 24, 2014 10:44 PM

I knew the Packers could get a 3rd for Jennings but didn’t expect them to get a 5th rounder for Eric Walden, thanks Indy. This is a good year to have untradeable extra picks.

Thompson is setting himself up for more picks next year too, gone are Evan Dietrich-Smith, James Jones and Marshall Newhouse so far, in are Julius Peppers and Letroy Guion but both were cut from their teams and don’t factor in.

If it wasn’t for the comp picks maybe Ted would be more willing to spend in FA…ha, who am I kidding?

Stupid system which should be eliminated. This year is a very deep draft, so a 3rd and 5th round pick (my Packers) is valuable. They could get 4 3rd round picks in a rotten draft class year which is not nearly as valuable. There’s no checks and balances in this system.